Aug 24 2011:
Not necessarily. Some language will have words for a concept that are missing in another language. So much of what we take a a natural giving is a cultural bias that is influenced by language.

Perhaps this hasn't even officially become a word (yet), and while I'm certain this entertainer, Justin Bieber, is very talented, I personally have had enough.

As someone who loves the craftsmanship of language, I find this kind of pop culture word smithing to be sloppy and irritating. Words aren't cheap, slang is. When made up single word "puns" actually make it into the dictionary, I think it degrades language. I know that sounds obsessive, but language and words deserve our respect, correct usage and protection. There is beauty in the purity of words and language that feels lost to a younger generation.

I can appreciate change and evolution certainly, and I adore innovative verse and will never outgrow my devotion to inventive prose. The Dr. Suess books are, as an example, wonderfully abstract and meaningful, and the author certainly pushes the boundaries of language. Theodor Seuss Geisel [the real Dr. Suess] had such finesse to his composition, even the silliest phrasings show an artistry and gift for lyric.

I wonder, did we actually create this monster ourselves? Probably. I've considered the centuries old comparatives, like Cesarian [as in Section] so perhaps what we are witnessing is just the faster evolution of language, given the speed at which technology has changed all things. But, as this s a question about personal opinion regarding words, I can honestly say, "Belieber" has to go. ;)

Sep 1 2011:
Words such as the one you mention actually have a "sef-destruct" mechanism built right into them! Mark my words: 5 years from now when someone utters the word "Beiber" it will be met with "What is that?"

Aug 28 2011:
Hi there Jasper, what a wonderful question.
So, to clarify, as we taking away the "thing" that the word represents? Eg: If i say we will obliterate the word 'Poverty", does that mean all poverty will end? In which case, wow, there's a long list of candidates like Hunger, Murder, War, Rape, Famine, Socialism, Abortion, Country-Music etc.......
Or, are we thinking more in terms of if we abolish a word, then our actions might follow, eg: we take away the word "mine", so no one can ever say, hey, got off those bananas they're mine? Or "mine" meaning we abolish those small explosive things that blow your leg off? Or "mine" meaning a deep shaft in the ground from which we extract gold, diamonds, coal etc? Hmmm, I think the word I would want to remove is the word 'impossible".